Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum) Explained

Pakistan Muslim League
(Qayyum)
Native Name:پاکستان مسلم ليگ (قيوم)
Dissolved:1993
Native Name Lang:ur
Abbr:PML-Qayyum, QML
Leader:Abdul Qayyum Khan
Founder:Abdul Qayyum Khan
Ideology:Conservatism
Split:PML(Cou)
Country:Pakistan

The Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum), also referred as Qayyum Muslim League (QML) or Muslim League (Qayyum) was a Pakistani political party. After an attempt to neutralize the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Awami League by uniting the PML-Convention and PML-Council, instead, PML-Council leader Sardar Qayyum quit the party and formed his own faction, "Qayyum Muslim League (QML)".[1]

PML-Qayyum fielded 173 candidates for the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 1970 general election and won nine seats whereas the remaining first runner-up won 26 seats.[2] It won one seat at the national level and two in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the 1977 elections, which was the last time it won seats. It last ran candidates in the 1993 Pakistani general election.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Muslim League: A factional history. Nadeem F.. Paracha. 26 January 2017. dawn.com. 9 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Party Profile - Election Pakistan. electionpakistan.com. 9 April 2018.